Comments on: The Mormons are coming to Gay Pridehttp://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/06/08/45486
News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoricTue, 03 Mar 2015 20:17:38 +0000hourly1By: Sara Longhttp://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/06/08/45486/comment-page-1#comment-125935
Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:36:58 +0000http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=45486#comment-125935Thanks guys. Duck, no I don’t tithe; only about 30% of active Mormons have a temple recommend for which tithing is required, so the percentage who tithe is probably around that range. I support charitable institutions of my own volition, and make sure my money doesn’t go to fund deprivation of rights as it did in CA. As mentioned in the article I’m for Obama and a member of Mormons for Obama. JimInMa, no, we didn’t make that one. All the parades we have been and will be at so far are at mormonpride.org. Our specific group’s site is mormonsformarriageequality.org. Affirmation: Gay & Lesbian Mormons’ site is affirmation.org.
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Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:55:09 +0000http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=45486#comment-125921I wonder if they were in Boston this past weekend. There’s been no news about Boston Pride before or since this weekend. It’s like it didn’t even happen.
]]>By: Duckhttp://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/06/08/45486/comment-page-1#comment-125918
Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:07:43 +0000http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=45486#comment-125918Ms. Long, do you tithe? If you do, you are aiding and abetting an enemy of equality by providing material support. Personally, your assurances aside, the timing of this sudden ‘hey let’s be nice to the gays’ turn by a few mormons seems very convenient given that one of two Presidential candidates is your co-religionist. I think that this is yet another effort by the LDS church to improve its image after the PR hit taken after Prop 8. I don’t buy it.
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Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:03:50 +0000http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=45486#comment-125917Sara,

Thank you for the comment and thank you even more for what you are doing.

]]>By: cowboyhttp://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/06/08/45486/comment-page-1#comment-125906
Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:30:36 +0000http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=45486#comment-125906This editorial comment in yesterday’s Salt Lake Tribune (Sunday June 10) should put to rest the idea that this was some LDS Church PR stunt.

Though you don’t know me from Adam, I’ll assure you anyway that our movement is totally grassroots, totally sincere, and totally nervous-making because we weren’t sure if there was going to be fallout from our church leaders coming down on us, as happened to Peter Danzig.* There hasn’t been so far, but we’ve only done one specifically Mormons for Marriage Equality march and that was yesterday in DC. Our next is in my city, Portland Oregon, this coming Sunday.

Mormons for Marriage (now with Equality appended for clarity) originated in 2008 in California during the awful Prop 8 ordeal. And though I was in no way involved, and neither were any of my fellows, I’ll say right now I am very sorry for that. We who are involved feel we cannot stay silent any longer and we must speak as Mormons to affirm equality for all citizens. Too many suicides, too much unchecked bullying and treatment of LGBT people as lesser, too much deprivation of civil rights from the minority by the majority.

Marching for marriage equality was my idea – at that time, it was a Washington State thing and Catholics for Marriage Equality WA mentioned us in an article where it also said they’d be marching in Seattle Pride. I said why don’t we march in Seattle Pride? That’ll send a message. It grew from there and now we’ll be in as many cities as we can. Four states have same-sex marriage measures on the ballot this November and we’re marching in three so far. If I can find a parade in Maine and some Mormons to march in it, we’ll cover that state too.

I have an asterisk of my own. I’ll welcome them, but only when they convince me that they truly accept and understand my point of view. For starters.

]]>By: Mark Stevens Muellerhttp://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/06/08/45486/comment-page-1#comment-125810
Sun, 10 Jun 2012 16:34:30 +0000http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=45486#comment-125810I live in Phoenix where there are a lot of LDS people, some very good friends of mine…that being said, I don’t trust this at all. If they’re involved in their ward they do what the ward says and I don’t see the higher ups welcoming this.
]]>By: Laurahttp://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/06/08/45486/comment-page-1#comment-125763
Sun, 10 Jun 2012 02:42:45 +0000http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=45486#comment-125763Call me cynical but I think they are doing this to help Mitt win the election. Mormons can be seen as inclusive and tolerant by participating(and by association, Mitt), and he can still pander to the rightwing bigots.
]]>By: Scotthttp://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/06/08/45486/comment-page-1#comment-125666
Sat, 09 Jun 2012 02:08:41 +0000http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=45486#comment-125666I’ll thank them for coming but I still think their participation comes with an asterisk.

The church has been on a PR offensive since Prop 8 and I don’t trust this.